SCRIPTURE
"Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you." (Psalm 9:10)
OBSERVATION
We have to know God to trust him. Knowing his name is knowing his character. Who he is and how he acts. What he will do and what he won't do. Once we know him, we can trust him. Until we know him we are just speculators. We make our best guess as to who he is. If the guess is right, we love him because he confirmed our theory. If the guess is wrong, we are not disappointed with ourselves we are disappointed with him because he did not meet our expectations. The problem is never God. In order to know him we must seek him. Embark on a journey of discovering who he is and what his word say about him. We have the promise that when we seek him he will not forsake us, or turn us away but he will reveal more and more of himself to us.
APPLICATION
I am to seek God in order to know God in order to trust him. If I don't really know him, I'm not trusting him, I'm trusting my perception of him. Like a mirage in the desert, the perception appears to be real but it is only illusory. I need to seek God the moment I get out of bed in the morning. To look for his activity and working in my life. To read what his revealed in his word. The more I know him the more I trust him because I am building my faith on who he really is.
PRAYER
Lord, I love the promise that you will not forsake me when I seek you. You don't play hide seek with me but you want me to know who you are in order to trust who you are.
